. Fifty years of Europe, 1870-1919. l terms, the rivers were to be freeto all, and only such dues were to be levied as shouldbe required to provide for the necessities of com-merce. No trade monopolies were to be conference, however, provided no machinery forthe enforcement of its decrees. Those decrees haveremained unfulfilled. The state quickly ceasied to beinternational, monopolies have been granted, tradein the Congo has not been free to all. The new state became practically Belgian becausethe King of Belgium was the only one to show muchpractical interest in the project. In 18
. Fifty years of Europe, 1870-1919. l terms, the rivers were to be freeto all, and only such dues were to be levied as shouldbe required to provide for the necessities of com-merce. No trade monopolies were to be conference, however, provided no machinery forthe enforcement of its decrees. Those decrees haveremained unfulfilled. The state quickly ceasied to beinternational, monopolies have been granted, tradein the Congo has not been free to all. The new state became practically Belgian becausethe King of Belgium was the only one to show muchpractical interest in the project. In 1885, Leopold IIassumed the position of sovereign, declaring that theconnection of the Congo Free State and Belgiumshould be merely personal, he being the ruler of and later changes in the status of the Congohave either been formally recognized or acquiescedin by the powers. This international state finally, inigo8, was converted outright into a Belgian colony,subject, not to the personal rule of the King, but
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